SHAILENE WOODLEY has finally spoken out over news that the Divergent final film Ascendant had been cancelled and is being turned into a TV series. She's not interested and fans are furious.

The final chapter, Ascendant, may be heading for the small screen but its main star revealed that it probably won't include her.

Woodley said: "Last I heard they were trying to make it into a television show. I didn’t sign up to be in a television show.

"Out of respect to the studio and everyone in involved, they may have changed their mind and may be doing something different, but I’m not necessarily interested in doing a television show."

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What's going on? Even Woodley is has no idea

Previously it was believed that she had been in talks about an alternate TV special and spin-off TV show but the franchise's main star seems to be as shocked and confused as everyone else by the sudden news.

Speaking at Comic-Con, Woodley said: “Honestly, I was on a plane when all that happened and I landed, and I’m like ‘Whoa, what’s going on?!’ I need to talk and find out what the details are.”

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"They f***ed it up" and "What a crappy ting to do to fans" are just a few of the outraged responses from fans to the shock news.

Lionsgate is planning to drop the final film in the dystopian future series from cinemas altogether after the poor performance of this year's third film Allegiant.

Ascendant was to have been adopted from the second half of Allegiant, the third book in the source series by Veronica Roth. Instead, reports are emerging from Hollywood that the story will be turned into a TV special with a spin-off TV series.

Many of the film franchise's big-name stars are expected to drop out when their contracts are renogiated for the new project and fans are not happy with what has been done to their beloved books.

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Erm, do you have any idea what is going on?

The franchise's main star, Shailene Woodley, has already been approached by Lionsgate to continue in her role of the central protagonist Tris.

Many of her co-stars have yet to hear about their involvement, but Lionsgate may have a fight on its hands trying to resign cast members including Miles Teller, Theo James, Ansel Elgort, Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer and Jeff Daniels, whose contracts were for the films only.

A representative for one of the stars told The Hollywood Reporter: “They haven’t come to us to discuss deals, but if they think they can skimp on actors' options, they can think again.”

Fan responses have highlighted their overall disappointment with the film versions and the mistake made in splitting the final book into two projected films.

@PageToPremiere@Divergent well that just stinks. I want to see a movie not a television series. What a crappy thing to do to the fans.